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National Geographic Extreme Photo of the Week
National Geographic Adventure Magazine features a paragliding photo taken by Jody MacDonald of our Dune Discovery last year off the coast of Mozambique. Epic find and a very special way to remember such an amazing few days of flying. Continue reading
2010 Best Odyssey Expedition Highlights – A Year in Photos
We’ve put together this 2010 highlight reel for all our owners, guests and well- anyone who has ever had interest in playing in the Indian Ocean as we covered just about all of it this past season. This will be mostly a slideshow from the field but I’ll give you a little run-down as well. Don’t miss the slideshow at the end! Continue reading
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Tagged andaman islands, bazaruto, ben wilson, burma, cargados, chagos, eddie bauer, jamie mitchell, kiteboarding, Kristin Boese, madagascar, maldives, mozambique, myanmar, paragliding, reo stevens, sailing, Sky Solbach, SUP, Surf
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Marooned in Mozambique
I feel like I’ve been chewing on cotton. My lips are cracked and my hips are sore and I look again to the east, hoping again for the grayness of dawn to arrive. We have no food and our only jug of water has been contaminated with ocean and sand. I am huddled down with 7 other people in a bed made of two nylon paragliders. The fabric becomes an alarm clock every time we are blasted by wind or when one of us struggles to find a new spot on their body to relieve from the hard sand. If I had a watch I’d check it for the thousandth time. The blanket of night refuses to lift. I try not to think about water and cuss silently to myself for orchestrating this mess. My body begs for sleep but my mind stammers off again, reconstructing how ended up here. Continue reading
Posted in Captain's Log
Tagged bazaruto, best odyssey, dunes, eddie bauer, flying, indigo bay resort, jody macdonald photography, kiteboarding, mozambique, ocean, paragliding, Sail, spearfishing, SUP, verbier-summits
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The Search for Perfection in Mozambique
At the crack of dawn after a very rough night sail from Tofo 140 miles up the Mozambique coast to Bazaruto Tim wakes me up urgently. The problem is Humpbacks. The wind is blowing over 30 knots, the seas are an ugly black mess. And whales are literally everywhere. We’re ripping along well over 10 knots. If we hit one of these giants the giant wins. Our thin fiberglass hull is no match for 40 tonnes of dense flesh and blubber. We’d be destroyed, all would be lost. He and I stand at the helm in awe- everywhere we look massive black torpedos are defying gravity and breaching completely out of the water. I count over 50 individuals in 2 hours. Twice we have to shut off the autopilot and wrench the helm hard over to barely miss a jumping whale right in front of us. It was terrifying and yet of course awesome.
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Posted in Captain's Log
Tagged adventure, bazaruto, dunes, eddie bauer, flying, kiteboarding, lagoon, mozambique, paragliding, sand dunes, SUP, travel
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